diff --git a/internal/mining/mining.go b/internal/mining/mining.go
index d7b26f38..e2415ca3 100644
--- a/internal/mining/mining.go
+++ b/internal/mining/mining.go
@@ -115,6 +115,19 @@ type Config struct {
 	// transaction.
 	CountSigOps func(tx *dcrutil.Tx, isCoinBaseTx bool, isSSGen bool, isTreasuryEnabled bool) int
 
+	// FetchUtxoEntry defines the function to use to load and return the requested
+	// unspent transaction output from the point of view of the main chain tip.
+	//
+	// NOTE: Requesting an output for which there is no data will NOT return an
+	// error.  Instead both the entry and the error will be nil.  This is done to
+	// allow pruning of spent transaction outputs.  In practice this means the
+	// caller must check if the returned entry is nil before invoking methods on
+	// it.
+	//
+	// This function is safe for concurrent access however the returned entry (if
+	// any) is NOT.
+	FetchUtxoEntry func(outpoint wire.OutPoint) (*blockchain.UtxoEntry, error)
+
 	// FetchUtxoView defines the function to use to fetch unspent transaction
 	// output information.  The returned instance should be treated as immutable.
 	FetchUtxoView func(tx *dcrutil.Tx, includeRegularTxns bool) (*blockchain.UtxoViewpoint, error)
diff --git a/internal/mining/mining_harness_test.go b/internal/mining/mining_harness_test.go
index da8d29e3..9f5dc837 100644
--- a/internal/mining/mining_harness_test.go
+++ b/internal/mining/mining_harness_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type fakeChain struct {
 	checkConnectBlockTemplateErr       error
 	checkTicketExhaustionErr           error
 	checkTSpendHasVotesErr             error
+	fetchUtxoEntryErr                  error
 	fetchUtxoViewErr                   error
 	fetchUtxoViewParentTemplateErr     error
 	forceHeadReorganizationErr         error
@@ -133,6 +134,12 @@ func (c *fakeChain) CheckTSpendHasVotes(prevHash chainhash.Hash, tspend *dcrutil
 	return c.checkTSpendHasVotesErr
 }
 
+// FetchUtxoEntry returns the requested unspent transaction output from the
+// mocked utxos.
+func (c *fakeChain) FetchUtxoEntry(outpoint wire.OutPoint) (*blockchain.UtxoEntry, error) {
+	return c.utxos.LookupEntry(outpoint), c.fetchUtxoEntryErr
+}
+
 // FetchUtxoView loads unspent transaction outputs for the inputs referenced by
 // the passed transaction from the point of view of the main chain tip while
 // taking into account whether or not the transactions in the regular tree of
@@ -1389,6 +1396,7 @@ func newMiningHarness(chainParams *chaincfg.Params) (*miningHarness, []spendable
 			},
 			CheckTSpendHasVotes:             chain.CheckTSpendHasVotes,
 			CountSigOps:                     blockchain.CountSigOps,
+			FetchUtxoEntry:                  chain.FetchUtxoEntry,
 			FetchUtxoView:                   chain.FetchUtxoView,
 			FetchUtxoViewParentTemplate:     chain.FetchUtxoViewParentTemplate,
 			ForceHeadReorganization:         chain.ForceHeadReorganization,
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 5f10aa2e..fd7eaf75 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -3566,6 +3566,7 @@ func newServer(ctx context.Context, listenAddrs []string, db database.DB,
 			},
 			CheckTSpendHasVotes:             s.chain.CheckTSpendHasVotes,
 			CountSigOps:                     blockchain.CountSigOps,
+			FetchUtxoEntry:                  s.chain.FetchUtxoEntry,
 			FetchUtxoView:                   s.chain.FetchUtxoView,
 			FetchUtxoViewParentTemplate:     s.chain.FetchUtxoViewParentTemplate,
 			ForceHeadReorganization:         s.chain.ForceHeadReorganization,